Dual process management of coal miners’ unsafe behaviour in the Chinese context: Evidence from a meta-analysis and inspired by the JD-R model

• Published in: Resources policy Vol. 62; pp. 205 - 217
• Main Authors: Tong, Ruipeng, Yang, Xiaoyi, Li, Hongwei, Li, Jianfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2019; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Accidents; Behavior; Coal; Coal miner; Coal mines; Coal mining; Dual process management; JD-R model; Job characteristics; Meta-analysis; Miners; Occupational psychology; Organizational aspects; Process management; Psychology; Unsafe; Unsafe behaviour; Coal miner; Dual process management; JD-R model; Unsafe behaviour; Meta-analysis
• ISSN: 0301-4207; 1873-7641
• DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.03.019

Workers' unsafe behaviour is the immediate reason for accidents, as well as the primary cause. To manage coal miners' unsafe behaviours, the JD-R model was tailored to investigate this subject, and it was developed qualitatively initially and then verified by employing a meta-analysis quantitatively in the Chinese context. Thus, a revised model was created with Job Demands (JD) and Job Resources (JR), both involving four sub-factors, strain and motivations factors respectively containing two and five sub-factors, five confirmed hypotheses and one contrary hypothesis, which could explain the miners' unsafe behaviour from the JD-R model and theory perspective. The paper then presents ideas for dual process management to intervene in coal miners’ unsafe behaviours based on environment/organization-occupational psychology-behaviour processes in Chinese coal mines, and some specific and workable suggestions are provided. •A tailored JD-R model was developed for coal miners' unsafe behaviour in the Chinese context.•The model was tested and revised employing meta-analysis based on empirical researches which focused on Chinese coal miners.•The dual process management was proposed for actual situation of Chinese coal to intervene miners' unsafe behaviour.•The environment/organization-occupational psychology-behaviour processes was proposed to intervene in unsafe behaviour.